David Burdoch: chairman of Castle & Cooke. David Burdock’s first break in the business realm was when a stranger loaned him $1200 to buy a dying diner. He bought the diner and quickly made it profitable. He sold that business and bought another one, thus beginning a career that would be lead to his rising […]
Category: Dyslexic Of the Month
3) Edgar Allen Poe
poet and novelist, creator of three different genres of writing Born January 19, 1809 Died October 7, 1849 Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore– So wrote Edgar Allan Poe in his most famous work, The Raven. For the dyslexic Poe, […]
Greg Louganis
One of the things my parents did when I was growing up: When they learned that there was a famous person with dyslexia, they would make sure I knew all about it. I think it was their way of letting me know there are successful dyslexics out there. In a way it made me feel […]